I made some logo cookies this week…
The logo is actually 3 separate little squares. Instead of doing larger cookies and each person only getting 1 of the 3 squares, I made them mini cookies…
And then I packaged them up cute so that each person got all 3 squares of the logo…
And they’re off to the meeting!
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Sooo this isn’t exactly a recipe, just an awesome idea I had that I wanted to share.
I made these cupcakes for my Halloween party over the weekend. Plain white mini cupcakes are the perfect vehicle for fun flavored frostings… and much easier than making multiple flavors of cake AND frosting.
The TRICK here for these special Halloween cupcakes is that the flavors I used do not match the bright Halloween colors!
Tasters didn’t know what to expect from an innocent little looking cupcake… and then BAM! Surprise flavor explosion!
The orange ones are strawberry, and the green ones are cinnamon!
The only problem that we ended up with is that the strawberry ones had to be eaten first, otherwise the cinnamon totally overpowered your taste buds and you couldn’t taste the next one.
These were so much fun and I know I will be doing this again… it’s fun to be able to TRICK somebody with a TREAT!
In addition to regular food, I also made Fun & Easy No-Icing Sugar Cookies, Homemade Kettle Corn, and something else that I am still perfecting, so no recipe yet…
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Nothing special or out of the ordinary, just wanted to share the few Halloween cookies I was able to make this year.
More Halloween treats to come next week!
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My coworker Jaz asked me to make sweets for his wife for their 3rd anniversary. He said I could make whatever I wanted! He had not yet tried my cookies, so I definitely wanted to include some cookies… and then I thought, what is more romantic than chocolate covered strawberries?! Together they would make a cute little love tray.
Here is the picture I used for color inspiration (since he had no idea what colors would be good)…
… and here are my colors. My pink came out a little more purple, but I still love how they looked together.
Here are the cookies. I stuck with hearts. Cuz they’re all lovey and stuff.
and the romantic strawberries…
On a side note, I know 3 people (they happen to all be men) who don’t like chocolate covered strawberries. Why you might be wondering? Because they don’t like strawberries. WHAT? How is that even possible? They must be aliens or something.
What a lucky lady you have, Jaz!
This may be the most intimidating set of cookies I have ever agreed to do… but it turned out one of the best!
Matthew was having a Scooby Doo party and his mom Michelle surprised him with these matching cookies!
I made Scooby faces….
Scooby Snacks (bones) which topped the birthday cupcakes (I did not make the cupcakes; mom added them when she got home).
…and Mystery Machines! These were tough and may have almost made me crazy, but all that goes out the window when they turn out so cute!
I’m so glad Michelle and Matthew loved their cookies. They’re definitely going to stick with me!
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I made cookies for a baby shower… the colors on the invite were grey, light orange, and baby blue.
I did the standard onesies, and tried out carriages for the first time… ya know, standard baby shower stuff… then I got it in my head to make an actual baby.
I used this design by Karen’s Cookies as my inspiration. I just LOVE the way they turned out. I don’t have the cute little baby cutter, so I used my teddy bear and cut his little ears off. The same teddy bear I used to make these cookies actually. What a versatile little fella…
I know I just posted about my favorite cookies, but I think these may have topped my list.
They took me for-e-ver… but it was worth it in the end.
P.S. Yes I know there are only 4 toes. It’s all I could fit.
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Zach (who I made these cookies for last year) is now 7!
He wanted a Giants themed party, so I went to town with my baseball cutters.
I made the traditional baseballs and bats, as well as baseball hats for the first time.
Per tradition, I also made Z’s and 7’s in matching colors. Good thing it’s also Halloween season, I found these black and orange sprinkles that went perfectly with the Giants colors!
The jersey cookie was made especially for Zach. As soon as I brought the cookies over, he wanted to eat it immediately! **Zach actually told me later that I spelled the last name wrong. Oops!**
I also made these awesome SF Giants colored bridges, since the “bridge” is such a huge part of San Francisco, whether it’s the Bay Bridge or the Golden Gate, or any of the others.
See that SF symbol up there? I have made them before, but this time I decided to freehand it.
I started with a basic thin line…
Then shaped around it until I had the right angles and edges!
Here are all of the cookies together, ready for the party!
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I am so in love with these pink gems!
The designs were sent to me by the mama, she found them online. I just mimicked them with my own style of frosting/icing. And they turned out better than I expected!
The cake on the cake stand is identical to the cake ordered for the party.
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Does everyone know my friend Nate? His blog Nate Makes Cookies is not only hilarious, but it’s a fun creative take on food blogging. He makes only Martha Stewart Cookie Recipes and writes about his experience, (sometimes) problems, and how everyone loves each recipe. It’s honestly one of my favorite blogs to read!
Annnnyways… Nate recently emailed me asking if I wanted to do a “foodie pen pal” thing and send each other local foods and some homemade cookies. Of course I was on board!!
I made these cookies for Nate:
(if you go see his site you’ll see why I did this design!)
I also had to throw in some California cookies because he is in Oregon. I got my inspiration for these from Andrea of Cupookie. I saw these California cookies she did and knew I had to make my own version!
If you look carefully, the dot on the first “i” is right about at Sacramento. 🙂
So glad you loved your cookies Nate!!
Want to check out the cookies he made me?! Click here.
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My coworker asked me to make her some wine themed cookies for her friend’s birthday. I had all the cutters already, but I had not yet had the opportunity to use them!
I did 1/2 red wine and 1/2 white wine.
The birthday girl’s name is Rose so I came up with things on the wine labels to go with her name. The first I did a little rose, one said “Rose’s Vine,” one said “B-Day Blend,” and one said “Red as a Rose.”
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